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The Southeastern Anatolian Project - GAP
 The Southeastern Anatolian
Project is the largest and most multifaceted development
project in Turkey as well as one of the, largest development
projects in the world. The project includes active farming
with extensive irrigation systems and electricity production.
It will also benefit the tourism, mining, petrol, education,
health, communication, industry and transportation sectors.
The Southeastern Anatolia Project covers the lower parts of
the Firat and Dicle rivers and the provinces of Gaziantep,
Sanliurfa, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Mardin, Siirt, Batman and
Sirnak, on the plains between the rivers. The project will
also bring with it a change in the climate of the area.
 The Atatьrk Dam and
Hydroelectric Plant, the largest in Turkey and the sixth
largest in the world, is situated on the Firat River in the
town of Bozova in Sanliurfa. Atatьrk Dam, which is the
foundation of the Southeastern Anatolia Project, began
operation in 1994 and is important not only for energy
production but also for irrigation. The water obtained from
the reservoirs of the Atatьrk Dam will be carried to the
Harran plain by the Sanliurfa Tunnel System, which is the
largest in the world, in terms of length and rate of flow. The
waters of the Firat river will pass through tunnels which are
26.4 kilometres in length and 7.62 meters in diameter, and be
distributed to the vast croplands of the southeastern
Anatolian plains from central and branch channels, bringing a
production boom and prosperity to the region.
Southeastern Anatolia
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